Punjab

M/s Banth Kheti Sewa Kender and Fertiliser store Dealers in insecticide, Pesticide sprayers, seeds and fertilisers: village Dher, district Ropar, Punjab

Publication Date:

14/11/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041115

pp:

0

Tags:

Agriculture, Pesticides, Pest Control, India, Punjab

Poverty

Foreign influence

Instead of designing a low priced indigenous tractor, industry copies models used abroad

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041031

pp:

0

Tags:

Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Inputs, Agricultural Machines, Tractors, Farmers, Poverty, Technology, China, India, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh

Poverty

65 million draught animals

What runs the small farming economy?

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041031

pp:

0

Tags:

Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Inputs, Agricultural Machines, Tractors, Farmers, Poverty, Technology, China, India, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh

Poverty

Time to redress

The needs of the small farmer require attention: small tractors or animal power? Both?

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041031

pp:

0

Tags:

Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Inputs, Agricultural Machines, Tractors, Farmers, Poverty, Technology, China, India, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh

Wildlife

Go hunt em

Punjab wants crop mowing boars and blue bulls dead

Publication Date:

30/10/2004

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20041031

pp:

0

Tags:

Croplands, Wildlife, Legislation, Punjab

India

The best myth

India's Best and Worst States

Publication Date:

14/09/2004

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Health, Population, Awards, India, Punjab

Agriculture

The acre feet fuss

But Punjab and Haryana farmers depend on groundwater!

Publication Date:

14/08/2004

Author(s): Sumita Dasgupta

Source: Down to Earth

Vol:

13

Issue:

20040815

pp:

0

Tags:

Agriculture, Groundwater, Canal Irrigation, Farmers, Supreme Court, Haryana, Punjab

Agriculture

The selenium scourge in Punjab

Two districts of Punjab Hoshiarpur and Nawanshahar have been hit by a rash of ailments. The inhabitants are experiencing hair loss, joint swelling, certain types of deformities and other health problems. Their crop and cattle, too, are affected. At th

Publication Date:

28/02/2004

Author(s): Nidhi Jamwal

Source: Down to Earth

Tags:

Agriculture, Cattle, Minerals, Groundwater, Drinking Water, Health Effects, Punjab, Toxins